Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature
Los Angeles Times
An annual award given by the Los Angeles Times as part of its Book Prizes, recognizing an outstanding work of young adult literature published in the preceding year.
Latest winner · 2025
- Angelica and the Bear Prince · Trung Le Nguyen
Next · expected February 2027
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2025
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- King of the Neuro VerseShortlisted
Idris Goodwin
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My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser
Jaime Jo Hoang
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- Truth IsShortlisted
Hannah V. Sawyerr
2024
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- Shut Up, This Is SeriousShortlisted
Carolina Ixta
2023
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- Dear MedusaShortlisted
Olivia A. Cole
- Forgive Me NotShortlisted
Jennifer Baker
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- Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption StoryShortlisted
Sarah Myer
2022
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- The Most Dazzling Girl in BerlinShortlisted
Kip Wilson
2021
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- From a Whisper to a Rallying CryShortlisted
Paula Yoo
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2020
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- Go With the FlowShortlisted
Karen Schneemann and Lily Williams
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- The Black FlamingoShortlisted
Dean Atta
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2019
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- Butterfly YellowShortlisted
Thanhha Lai
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2018
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- Hey, KiddoShortlisted
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- The Assassination of Brangwain SpurgeShortlisted
M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
- The Journey of Little CharlieShortlisted
Christopher Paul Curtis
- The Truth as Told by Mason ButtleShortlisted
Leslie Connor
2017
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- Piecing Me TogetherShortlisted
Renée Watson
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2016
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- Burn, Baby, BurnShortlisted
Meg Medina
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- The Head of the SaintShortlisted
Socorro Acioli with Daniel Hahn (trans.)
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2015
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- The Hired GirlShortlisted
Laura Amy Schlitz
2014
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- Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental HeadlinesShortlisted
Paul Fleischman
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2013
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- What the Heart Knows: ChantsShortlisted
Joyce Sidman
2012
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- Boy21Shortlisted
Matthew Quick
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- My Book of Life by AngelShortlisted
Martine Leavitt
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2011
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- A Monster CallsShortlisted
Patrick Ness with Jim Kay (illus.)
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- Life: An Exploded DiagramShortlisted
Mal Peet
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2010
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- Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and ScienceShortlisted
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
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2009
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- Tales from Outer SuburbiaShortlisted
Shaun Tan
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- The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthyShortlisted
James Cross Giblin
2008
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- Swallow Me WholeShortlisted
Nate Powell
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2007
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- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time IndianShortlisted
Sherman Alexie with art by Ellen Forney
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2006
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2005
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- The Center of the WorldShortlisted
Andreas Steinhöfel
2004
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- Private PeacefulShortlisted
Michael Morpurgo
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2003
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- Olive’s OceanShortlisted
Kevin Henkes
- The River Between UsShortlisted
Richard Peck
- True Confessions of a Heartless GirlShortlisted
Martha Brooks
2002
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- AmericaShortlisted
E. R. Frank
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- Dillon DillonShortlisted
Kate Banks
- This LullabyShortlisted
Sarah Dessen
2001
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- GirlheartsShortlisted
Norma Fox Mazer
- The Other Side of TruthShortlisted
Beverley Naidoo
- The Seeing StoneShortlisted
Kevin Crossley-Holland
2000
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- Esperanza RisingShortlisted
Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Forgotten FireShortlisted
Adam Bagdasarian
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- When Kambia Elaine Flew in from NeptuneShortlisted
Lori Aurelia Williams
1999
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1998
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- Go and Come BackShortlisted
Joan Abelove
- HolesShortlisted
Louis Sachar
- In a Dark WoodShortlisted
Michael Cadnum
- Soldier’s Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley GoddardShortlisted
Gary Paulsen
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature in 2025?
- “Angelica and the Bear Prince” by Trung Le Nguyen won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature in 2025.
- Who are the most recent Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature winners?
- 2025: “Angelica and the Bear Prince” by Trung Le Nguyen; 2024: “The Color of a Lie” by Kim Johnson; 2023: “Gone Wolf” by Amber McBride; 2022: “Torch” by Lyn Miller-Lachmann; 2021: “A Sitting in St. James” by Rita Williams-Garcia.